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Earth from the Moon. Creator: NASA
Earth from the Moon

Halleys Comet, 1910. Creator: George Willis Ritchey
Halleys Comet, 1910. Halleys Comet was photographed by Dr George Willis Ritchey at Mount Wilson Observatory, California, USA. Halleys Comet is visible from Earth every 75-76 years

North Pole total ozone maps with meteorological chart, March 1979. Creator: NASA
North Pole total ozone maps with meteorological chart, March 1979

Space Shuttle atop Boeing 747, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle atop Boeing 747, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Comet West near the Sun, 1976. Creator: NASA
Comet West near the Sun, 1976. Comet West was described as one of the brightest objects to pass through the inner solar system in 1976

Earth from Apollo 4 spacecraft, 9 November 1967. Creator: NASA
Earth from Apollo 4 spacecraft, 9 November 1967. Planet Earth photographed by an automatic camera aboard the unpiloted Apollo 4 spacecraft, still attached to the S-IVB (third) stage

Huge external fuel tank, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, USA, 1981
Huge external fuel tank, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1981. STS-2 was the second Space Shuttle mission conducted by the National Aeronautics

Star cloud in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA
Star cloud in Sagittarius constellation

Earth from the Meditteranean sea to Antarctica, viewed from Apollo 17, December 1972. This was the first photograph of the south polar ice cap

Earth from space, c1980s. Creator: NASA
Earth from space, c1980s. Planet Earth, showing cloud cover

Kerwin examining Conrad on Skylab 2, 1973. Creator: NASA
Kerwin examining Conrad on Skylab 2, 1973. Skylab 2 commander Pete Conrad undergoes a dental examination by medical officer Joseph Kerwin in zero gravity

Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA
Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. The Trifid Nebula, (Messier 20), consists of an open cluster of stars; an emission nebula, a reflection nebula and a dark nebula

Recovery of command module Columbia in the Pacific Ocean, Apollo II mission, 24 July 1969. US Navy divers assist in retrieving the astronauts from the capsule after a successful splashdown

Space Shuttle Orbiter on launch pad on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1980s
Space Shuttle Orbiter on launch pad on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Phobos. Creator: NASA
Phobos. Phobos is one of the moons of the planet Mars, and has a heavily cratered surface

First rendezvous in space, 15 December 1965. Creator: NASA
First rendezvous in space, 15 December 1965. The Gemini 7 spacecraft as seen from the Gemini 6 spacecraft - during the meeting they were only a foot or so away from eachother

Helix Nebula in Aquarius. Creator: NASA
Helix Nebula in Aquarius. The Helix Nebula is a large planetary nebula, 700 light years from Earth, in the constellation Aquarius

The planet Saturn with moons Tethys and Dione. Creator: NASA
The planet Saturn with moons Tethys and Dione. View of Saturn showing shadows cast by its rings

Quasar. Creator: NASA
Quasar. A quasar is a very bright object in space that is similar to a star and very far away from Earth. A quasar gives off powerful radio waves

Space Shuttle - artists concept of spacewalk, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle - artists concept of spacewalk, 1980s. Illustraion of EVA - Extra Vehicular Activity - from the Orbiter space shuttle

Saturns cloud deck. Creator: NASA
Saturns cloud deck. There are three different layers of clouds, or clouddecks, in Saturns atmosphere. The first is made of ammonia clouds

Comet Ikeye-Seki, 1965. Creator: NASA
Comet Ikeye-Seki, 1965. Ikeye-Seki, (1965f), was a long-period comet discovered independently by Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki

Saturn from 27 million miles, seen from Voyager 2 spacecraft. Creator: NASA
Saturn from 27 million miles, seen from Voyager 2 spacecraft

Nebula in Cygnus. Creator: NASA
Nebula in Cygnus. Cygnus is a constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinised Greek word for swan

Oberon, moon of Uranus, from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. Creator: NASA
Oberon, moon of Uranus, from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. This image of Oberon is the best the unmanned Voyager 2 spacecraft acquired of Uranus outermost moon

Space Shuttle Orbiter on the launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. Aerial view. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Inspecting heat tiles, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA
Inspecting heat tiles, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, November 1981. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

The Sun viewed with the Skylab 3 Apollo Telescope Mount, 1973. Creator: NASA
The Sun viewed with the Skylab 3 Apollo Telescope Mount, 1973. The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) on Skylab was Americas first full-scale, manned astronomical observatory in space

Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus, seen from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. Creator: NASA
Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus, seen from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. High-resolution image of Miranda, also designated Uranus V, the smallest and innermost of Uranus five moons

Rocket booster recovery, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA
Rocket booster recovery, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. The rocket booster is recovered from the sea. The space shuttles solid rocket boosters were reusable

The Sun in H-alpha light. Creator: NASA
The Sun in H-alpha light. Sun in the crimson light of hydrogen alpha (h-alpha), a specific deep-red visible spectral line emitted by many emission nebulae

Uranus seen from Miranda, 1986. Creator: NASA
Uranus seen from Miranda, 1986. Montage of photographs taken from unmanned spacecraft Voyager 2 in January 1986, that simulates a view of Uranus and rings as if seen over the horizon of Miranda

Artists impression of Space Shuttle. Creator: NASA
Artists impression of Space Shuttle. NASAs Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system. It operated between 1981 and 2011

Space Shuttle and 747 carrier plane in Mate-Demate Device. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle and 747 carrier plane in Mate-Demate Device. Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at NASAs Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, USA

Solar eruption or flare. Creator: NASA
Thermal image of an eruption or flare on the surface of the Sun. Solar flares are giant explosions on the Sun that send energy, light and high speed particles into space

The rings of Uranus. Creator: NASA
The rings of Uranus. The 9 main rings of Uranus are visible here as horizontal lines. The fainter, pastel lines seen between the rings are artifacts of computer enhancement

Roll-out of Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, California, USA, 17 September 1976 Creator: NASA
Roll-out of Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, California, USA, 17 September 1976. The Enterprise (OV-101) was built as part of NASAs Space Shuttle programme to perform atmospheric test flights after

Venus. Creator: NASA
Venus. The planet Venus, the second planet from the Sun, has the longest rotation period (243 days) of any planet in the Solar System

Nebulosity near the star Capella. Creator: NASA
Nebulosity near the star Capella. Capella, (Alpha Aurigae), is the brightest star in the constellation of Auriga

Mars from Viking 1 orbiter, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA
Mars from Viking 1 orbiter, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. The Viking 1 spacecraft, part of NASAs Viking programme, was the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars and perform its mission

Mercury. Creator: NASA
Mercury. Craters on the surface of the planet Mercury which is the smallest planet in our solar system, and the closest planet to the Sun

Nebulosity and star cluster in Serpens. Creator: NASA
Nebulosity and star cluster in Serpens. Serpens (from the Latin for serpent) is a constellation of the northern hemisphere

The first Lunar Roving Vehicle, Apollo 15, July 1971. Creator: NASA
The first Lunar Roving Vehicle, Apollo 15, July 1971. Battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (15, 16, and 17) in 1971 and 1972

Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici. Creator: NASA
Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici. The Whirlpool Galaxy, (Messier 51a), in the constellation Canes Venatici, was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy

Buzz Aldrin by the leg of the Lunar Module, Apollo II mission, July 1969. Creator: Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin by the leg of the Lunar Module, Apollo II mission, July 1969. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface, standing by the footpad of the Lunar Module

Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. Creator: NASA
Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. The Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) is about 5, 000 light years from Earth, near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy

Harrison Schmitt with US flag on the surface of the Moon, Apollo 17 mission, December 1972
Astronaut Harrison Schmitt with US flag on the surface of the Moon, Apollo 17 mission, December 1972. Earth can be seen floating above the flag

Ring Nebula in Lyra. Creator: NASA
Ring Nebula in Lyra. The Ring Nebula (Messier 57) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra. Such objects are formed when a shell of ionised gas is expelled into the surrounding

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"Heritage Space: A Journey Through Time and Exploration" Step back in time to witness the remarkable moments that shaped our understanding of space exploration. From the Wright Brothers' groundbreaking glider tests in 1902, to Wilbur and Orville Wright with Flyer II at Huffman Prairie in Dayton, Ohio, USA on May 1st - these pioneers paved the way for future discoveries. Fast forward to December 24th, 1968, when Apollo 8 captured an awe-inspiring image known as "Earthrise. " This iconic photograph taken by William A Anders showcases our beautiful planet from a perspective never seen before. Intriguingly, President Eisenhower's encounter with Hugh Dryden and T. Keith Glennan in August of 1958 marked a significant moment where science and politics converged. It was during this era that NASA began its journey towards unlocking the mysteries of outer space. President Kennedy's historic speech at Rice University in 1962 solidified America's commitment to reaching new frontiers. His words echoed through time as he declared, "We choose to go to the Moon. " The U-2 spy plane adorned with fictitious NASA markings serves as a reminder that not all missions were publicly disclosed during this era of intense competition between nations. Secrets hidden within layers of history continue to intrigue us even today. Witnessing Ed White perform the first U. S. Spacewalk in 1965 was a testament to human courage and determination. This milestone pushed boundaries further than ever before and opened up endless possibilities for future explorers. Voyager 2's capture of Uranus on January 25th, 1986 showcased the beauty and mystery lurking within our own solar system. The stunning images revealed breathtaking landscapes previously unseen by human eyes. As we reflect upon these incredible moments throughout history – Skylab orbiting above Earth at the end of its mission in1974 or glimpses into Mercury's surface captured by NASA – we are reminded of the vastness and complexity of our universe.